Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-01
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Special 10 the Gazette


WASHINGTON, July al.-NO nan in the
public service a. the beginning OF the
present admins ration has LEI. his p0si-
tiOn with 50 little regret from his aSso-
ciates in Office IS Mr.. NJ. L. Bell, jste
supervising architect OF the Treasury
Bell Was appointed from Iowa several
years ago, and II that time vas Pre-
nOunced Republican. To ell outward a0-
peararCe be remained 5 member q tl&t
party until l. was known b5voGt cues
ton That NJ. Cleveland mad been elected
% the presidency. Il OctObeT, this
man stated 10 q number Of gentlemen
in his Office that Il by any posi-
Die chance the Democrats should ne
successful he would at once resign, as he
could not consent 20 serve under Dem
0Cratic administration. NJ sooner Asd
the Republican National Committee given
up all hope Of the election o. Mr. BlaiEe
than he found il necessary 10 travel 1T
OlCe 70 Troy, \ i, to examine tie site
selected fGr the public building there.
He told nis associates in Ciiice thgt Wlj.c
there he would take occasion to run over
to Albany 10 congratulate tts Governor.
It is not recorded that Re accomplished
anything fer Ike government w1ile iu1Ioy,
! out it is known tlat he congratulated the
Governor. Ga bis return be .eoAu
10 play MS cards to Te-sin the
ftv0- OF the victorious Democracy.
Senator German Cf Maryland, Bishop"
Ooerly Of Illinois aEd other Democratic
leaders whose favor might be OF value &c
the supervising architect were allowed TO
dictate appointments and removals il the
office, which was not embraced in the
classified service. Men who had served
the government faithfully for yesrs and
whose duties we're CT Z technical cnGrac-
ter were dischSr1ed without wsrn-
ing and othars-often entirely in
petent-were appointed 20 sue
coed them. Everything possible that
could by any chance gain Democratic
supporters for Bell was done. within
the two years since the Inauguration of
President Cleveland nearly every en-
plOvee Of the Office has been discharged
There is not another bureau under the
government where there has been auy-
! thing like the changes that nave taken
place in the office Of the supervising arCll-
tect OF the treasury. All these changes
have been made either directly or
, indirectly at the Instance Of the
alleged Republican 8, the head
of the architect office. That he
failed to win the favor that he expected
is evident from the fact that Secretary
Fairchild has, upon more than one
occasion, told his friends that The office
would be filled by & Democrat lust SIS
soon as & competent mau could be found
to accept the position Ct the salary
offered. He said further that it mad been
| offered to a number Of architects, each OF
! whom had declined III turn, because $500
year was not sufficiently attractive to
induce them TO leave their private
/ business.
The new architect, Mr.. Ferret Of New
/ Orleans, is & gentleman Of excellent pro-
Iessional reputation VINO refused TO &C
cept the ofii2e when it w9s first offered t.
/ BIN. lie was d0al!y paTsua ed that il
would afford him an opportunity 30 ex-
tend his reputation to al sections Of the
country, and this consideration is said to
have Ct last induced him to accept the
! place. He will doubtless build up the office
! as soon as he can weed out The exceed
| ingly Incompetent hands VINO Tere az
pointed by Bel solely on account Ct the
| political pull which they gave him. The
office is OF lar more Importance than is
| generally kn own, IS the supervising ar
chitect has almost unlimited control OF
/ the expenditure Of millions of dollars
every year.
LAMAR's ORDER.
WASHINGTON, July 81 Secretary
Lamar yesterday directed Robert w
Hunter, Special Inspector Of the Genera
Laud Office, now in Santa Fe, n. NJ, tc
proceed at once to the public land stir
lying between the states of Kansas anC
Texas end notify all parties maintaining
u1lswful fences therein, that the same
must be removed ct once This order !,
BASED upon information that q considsra-
bic portion Of the territory named !.
occupied by large cattle companies which
have urlsWfully incl0sed large bodies O.
the public lands.
SCHEMES FOR DEFRAUDING RAILWAYS.
Special 10 the Gazette.
WAsHINGTON, July 3I.-'tAII the com
plants filed with the interstate commits
sioners seem to be these OF the aggrieyeC
patrons of the railroads against the cor
porauons,' said a gentleman connected
with one OF the southern railway com
panles to your correspondent to-day
Some OF the roads might tell some fact:
against their patrons which would sur
prise great many people," ne continued
You woald De surprised to find to wins
contemplate smallness some men vii
descend to beat railroad company. Here
is an instance: The freight rate OF
printed material on our line is some
what higher than the rate on blank paper
s. the papers in Virginia which use!
''patent insides" was In the habit o